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https://thenarwhal.ca/she-was-absolutely-adored-iranian-scientist-spent-her-life-fighting-for-indigenous-voices-in-conservation/She was absolutely adored: Iranian scientist spent her life fighting for Indigenous voices in conservation
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Ghanimat Azhdari was born into a nomadic tribe in Iran and was a PhD student at Canadas University of Guelph, where she was working with Indigenous communities in the boreal forest to map cultural sites. This week, she died along with 175 others aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, leaving friends and colleagues reeling over her loss
She became an expert in participatory mapping and GIS [geographic information system], says Holly Jonas, global coordinator for ICCA Consortium, for which Azhdari volunteered. She was really fundamental to co-developing, with communities, these really sophisticated maps of life in Iran.
(The ICCA Consortium works to advance territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities. The concept was the basic building block of Azhdaris research.)
When she died, at 36 among the 176 people killed in the Ukraine International Airlines disaster in Tehran on Jan. 9 she had been in the early stages of bringing her integrative approach to Canada.
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lunasun
(21,646 posts)This is a terrible tragedy
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)of those on board.😭
colorado_ufo
(5,738 posts)I hope that they will award her the degree posthumously.
NJCher
(35,764 posts)not only was she an academic, she was doing creative work.
I wanted to post her pic here, but all the ones out there are large photos. If you do an image search, you'll see she projects a joyful presence.
calimary
(81,527 posts)Such a damn waste.
AZ8theist
(5,515 posts)You shot down a plane carrying some of your best and brightest.
Good move!!
Morans...
FarPoint
(12,466 posts)Trump initiated unprovoked terror for Iran....things happen under extreme stress such as being terrorized.
AZ8theist
(5,515 posts)It all started when the Traitor in the WH reneged on the nuclear deal. The fucking idiot doesn't have a clue on how to deal in international relations.
"Who knew healthcare was sooo complicated?" said the fucking moron. He brings the same level of "expertise" to foreign policy.